Deviator device and progressive cartridge, particularly for bathroom fittings such as showers, baths and the like

Abstract

A deviator device, particularly for bathroom fittings such as showers, baths and the like, comprising a control rod rotatably movable in a support associated to a mixing cartridge; said control rod has at least two supply positions in which the mixed water flow is directed to one or another of two or more separate lines corresponding to two or more separate users; said rod is integral with a rod support and turns in the cover and further comprises a closing position; said deviator device being characterized in that said movement is guided and is obtained by fixed paths of pegs in slots.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A deviator device comprising a mixing cartridge ( 100 ) and a control ( 2 ) applied to said mixing cartridge ( 100 ), particularly for bathroom fittings, said mixing cartridge ( 100 ) comprising:
 a first hole ( 133 ) for a flow of water; 
 a pair of second holes ( 138 ,  139 ) for flow of water; 
 a rotatably moving plate ( 9 ) for directing water between said first hole ( 133 ) and said pair of second holes ( 138 ,  139 ); 
 
       said control ( 2 ) comprising:
 a rotatable control rod ( 22 ) in integrally connected with a rod support ( 3 ); 
 a dragging device ( 4 ) fixed to said moving plate ( 9 ) of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ), and 
 a cover ( 5 ); 
 said rod support ( 3 ) being arranged between said dragging device ( 4 ) and said cover ( 5 ); 
 said control rod ( 22 ) having at least two supply positions in which a water flow is directed between one or another of said first hole ( 133 ) and said second holes ( 138 ,  139 ) of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ); 
 said rod ( 22 ) being rotatably arranged in said cover ( 5 ) and further comprising a central closing position; 
 said rod support ( 3 ) comprising a pair of slots ( 35 ,  36 ); 
 said dragging device ( 4 ) comprising a pair of pegs ( 45 ,  46 ) slidably arranged in said pair of slots ( 35 ,  36 ) of said rod support ( 3 ) such that a movement of said deviator device being driven and obtained by fixed paths of said pair of pegs ( 45 ,  46 ) within said pair of slots ( 35 ,  36 ) arranged between said rod support ( 3 ) and said dragging device ( 4 ). 
 
     
     
       2. A deviator device, according to  claim 1 , wherein said dragging device ( 4 ) is applied to said moving plate ( 9 ) of a cartridge body of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ) into which water inflows from said first hole ( 133 ) of a seal ( 13 ) on a bottom of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ), and the water flows through a container ( 12 ) of the mixing cartridge ( 100 ), and through a hole ( 111 ) of an inner seal ( 11 ), and through a hole ( 110 ) of a fixed plate ( 10 ), and outflows, through the moving plate ( 9 ), according to a selection, from one of two slots ( 108 ,  109 ) of the fixed plate ( 10 ), then returning to the bottom through one of said pair of second holes ( 138 ,  139 ) arranged on the seal ( 13 ). 
     
     
       3. A a deviator device, according to  claim 1 , wherein said dragging device ( 104 ) is applied to said moving plate ( 9 ) of a cartridge body of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ) with opening/closing carried out only by a rotary motion. 
     
     
       4. A deviator device, according to  claim 1 , wherein said dragging device ( 104 ) is fixed to said moving plate ( 9 ) of a cartridge body of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ) into which hot and cold water inflows through said pair of second holes ( 138 ,  139 ) of an external seal ( 13 ) on a bottom of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ), and the water flows through a container ( 12 ) of the mixing cartridge ( 100 ), through two slots of an inner seal ( 11 ), through two slots ( 108  and  109 ) of a fixed plate ( 10 ) of the cartridge body of said mixing cartridge ( 100 ) and outflows, through a cavity of the moving plate ( 9 ), and through a hole ( 110 ) of the fixed plate ( 10 ) to return to the bottom through a hole ( 111 ) of the inner seal ( 11 ) and through the container ( 12 ) and through a hole ( 133 ) of the external seal ( 13 ). 
     
     
       5. A deviator device, according to  claim 1 , wherein said dragging device ( 4 ) further comprises a projection ( 47 ) slidable in a groove ( 57 ) of the cover ( 5 ), said pair of pegs ( 45 ,  46 ) of said dragging device ( 4 ) being constrained to move respectively in said pair of slots ( 35 ,  36 ) of the rod support ( 3 ), according to predetermined paths. 
     
     
       6. A deviator device, according to  claim 5 , wherein said rod support ( 3 ) further comprises a third peg ( 34 ) which is free to move along a slot ( 44 ) of said dragging device ( 4 ). 
     
     
       7. A deviator device, according to  claim 6 , wherein said dragging device ( 4 ) comprises at least one fixing projection ( 48 ) for integrally fixing said dragging device ( 4 ) to said moving plate ( 9 ) of said cartridge ( 100 ). 
     
     
       8. A deviator device, according to  claim 7 , wherein said rod support ( 3 ), through a pin ( 32 ), is connected to said control rod ( 22 ) and is equipped with at least one elastic tongue ( 33 ), that engages at least one first groove ( 53 ) formed in the cover ( 5 ) and, a bending of said elastic tongue ( 33 ) during rotation produces a snap so as to signal the central closing position. 
     
     
       9. A deviator device, according to  claim 8 , further comprising a second groove ( 54 ) in said cover ( 5 ) adapted to signal a condition of reduced supply to a user.